Light Red or Brownish Red. 409 



Miller's Burgundy. Bunches short, thick, compact ; berries 

 roundish oval ; skin thin, black, with 9. blue bloom ; flesh tender, 

 sweet, high flavored. An old, well known sort, hardy in most 

 localities. 



Schiras. Bunches long, loose, shouldered; berries irregular, ob- 

 long oval, reddish purple, bloom thick ; flesh juicy, sweet, aro- 

 matic, excellent. Quite early ; a strong grower. 



Zinfindal. Bunches large, shouldered ; berries medium, round, 

 very black ; acid, becoming good when fully ripe. . 



CLASS II. Light red or brownish red. 



GRIZZLY FRONTIGNAN. (Red Constantia, Red Frontignan, Gray 

 Muscat.) Bunches rather long, tapering, slightly shouldered ; 

 berries above medium in size, round, compact ; reddish gray, 

 bloom thick ; juicy, rich, musky, high flavored ; hangs well ; 

 ripens before Hamburgh and the other Frontignans. For forc- 

 ing, cold or fate house. The berries are liable to shrivel, and are 

 delicate and do not keep well when ripe. 



Lombardy. (Red Lombardy, Queen of Nice, Flame Colored 

 Tokay, Wantage, Rhemish Red.) Bunches large, very compact, 

 requiring thinning, shouldered ; berries large, roundish ; skin 

 thick, pale red : flesh firm, with a moderate flavor. 



Red Chasselas. (Red Muscadine.) Bunches medium, loose ; ber- 

 ries medium, round, pale green, soon becoming red ; sweet, very 

 good. Young wood red. 



Red Traminer. Bunches small, compact ; berries small, round, 

 rose color, flavor good. 



CLASS III. White, green, or yellow. 



Charlesworth Tokay. Bunches long, compact ; berries large, oval, 

 white ; skin thick, with a rich, excellent, Muscat flavor. Hangs 

 long, and is adapted to a forcing or late house. English. 



Ciotat. (Parsley-leaved.) Bunches medium, rather loose ; berries 

 round ; skin thin, white ; pleasant, but not rich. Leaves deeply 

 divided ; grows in open air, but much better under glass. 



Early White Malvasia. (Grove End Sweetwater, Early Chasselas, 

 White Mellier.) Bunches medium, shouldered ; berries small, 

 yellowish white ; skin thin ; sweet, juicy, agreeable. Early, 

 good bearer, ripens in open air. 



Golden Champion. Bunch large, shouldered; berries quite large, 

 oval or round ; firm, juicy, tender, very rich. 

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